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Still, the Government faced a dilemma over what to do with criminals, who in any case would probably be few. U.S. immigration laws prohibit their entry. But the U.S., among many other nations, makes a practice of not sending political refugees back to their homelands against their will. When asked what would happen if a murderer turned up among the newcomers, a U.S. immigration official replied: "I don't know. We can't let him in, and we can't send him back. I doubt that any other country would admit him." In fact...
...Land. Harold Pinter's new play at Britain's National Theater in London, explores the paradox between chillingly inflexible ideas and a reality so ephemeral that it may be false, and often is. What turns this grandiose philosophical dilemma into exhilarating theater is the fact that the play is very funny. Under Peter Hall's deft direction, the ominous and reflective pauses are delivered with timing and double takes of Jack Benny standard...
...first planeloads of refugees reached resettlement centers in the U.S. (see box next page), TIME correspondents found that most Americans were torn between a natural desire to help the war victims and fears, often greatly exaggerated, that they would add to U.S. economic and social problems. The dilemma of Mark Romagnoli...
...children's center after him or to join his long-lost grandson in a People's Bicentennial-style group called the Children of Liberty. But it is not a good political novel. Lumen is a sympathetic enough figure but it's hard to take either him or his dilemma too seriously. After 348 pages of diary writing he concludes that "it's far too late for anything I do to make a difference in how I am regarded by posterity." This has been apparent to the reader all along and it's never become clear why posterity will regard...
...consumer price rises leaves most of the nation's work force far behind in the race with inflation. During the past three years, living costs have soared 27.3%, but the average weekly pay of non-farm workers has risen only 18.8%. Unions thus are in a painful dilemma: they have a case for catch-up wage increases to restore lost purchasing power but little opportunity to win any. This year's bargaining calendar is relatively light; fewer leading unions have contracts coming up for renegotiation than last year. Those that do-including unions representing airline, utility, maritime...